In 2011, Moody's Investors Service issued downgrades to 34 hospitals compared with 23 upgrades, marking the sixth consecutive year in which downgrades outnumbered upgrades, according to a recent Moody's report.
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Oregon hospitals and health systems directly and indirectly generated more than 129,000 full- and part-time jobs in 2010, an increase of 3.5 percent from 2009, according to a report from the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (pdf).
A study in The New England Journal of Medicine may shed more light on which states and specialty medical services have contributed most to the sustainable growth rate deficit between 2002 and 2009.
Iowa hospitals generated more than $6.18 billion to the state's economy last year, according to a report from the Iowa Hospital Association (pdf).
Some hospitals pay thousands of dollars more than others for implantable medical devices — such as cardiac defibrillators and hip and knee joint replacements — and those excess costs may be passed onto Medicare, according to a report from the…
Out of all the non-profit organizations in Eastern Tennessee, executive compensation is highest at hospitals and health systems, according to a Knoxville News Sentinel report.
Neuromedicine services have launched at Highland Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., with the opening of a new unit that also expands the hospital's joint center, according to a hospital news release.
Community Hospital Anderson (Ind.) is planning a $3.5 million expansion that would include two new surgical rooms, according to a Herald Bulletin report.
Many hospitals in Arizona's southwest valley are expanding to meet patient demand, according to a Republic report.
South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Mass., received a $20 million bond to help fund a $50 million expansion, according to a Boston Business Journal report.